| When I was younger and didn't had models of the world, my fist one was one of a workaholic - 10+ hours per day in the office; working weekdays. Everyone around me was following this model, so naturally, I thought the normal way is this. Thus was a financial audit company. Then, I entered the other spectrum in a corporate structure company. Most of the people there didn't give much effort and just waited for the time to get to 5pm for then to leave home. The day was full with smoke breaks and coffee breaks. When we (with friends) started a startup, 7 days a week was the norm. This quickly proved inefficient in the long term as people started resenting, not to mention long term thinking was missing and a lot of honest effort was a complete waste. We're now into a normal work week model with the occasional up/down depending on the situation. But we got sufficient funding. Before we didn't and sometimes the pressure triggers a short-term mode where you want to grind as much as possible for the money-time-food you have available. tl;dr - you are your own master and commander. You don't have to follow the "norm" but others may expect you to do so. In the end it's your choice. @diego and @api summed up the benefits of a normal work time. Smart people value their rest. And, as you are probably aware - the best ideas usually come in the times when you are resting from work. Free time has allowed me to get good at psychology, philosophy, sociology, marketing, critical thinking, martial arts, game design, have a decent fitness and endurance levels, social contacts with healthy people and so on resources, which I wound't have had of I was focusing only on work. Not to mention I would have probably go haywire. Actually, without the knowledge of those fields, my overall suitability for business would be severely limited. |